Dear Parents,
I'm sorry I've never measured up to what you wanted me to be. I don't know where I went wrong, but I've tried for years to impress you. I'm starting to want to give up. I honestly don't know what else I can try. It's not easy coming after two older siblings who never put a foot wrong. Or growing up knowing that your parents were "going to have 4 kids, but decided to get a dog instead", after you came along.
Can't you understand why I want to go halfway around the world for a break? It's not as though you mean to target me, I'm sure you honestly think that 'favouritism' doesn't exist in your family. But if you gave me half a chance or actually listened to what I was trying to say, maybe you would understand how it feels.
I've tried to do the things that you wanted me to do:
I finished school and got good grades.
I went to University.
I graduated.
I haven't wasted your money.
I haven't gone out and smashed your car or damaged anything you own.
I don't throw wild parties in your house.
I don't scream or swear at you.
I'm trying to rise above all this crap I'm feeling, but it's always been here and it's so hard to get over. This 'chip on my shoulder' as you like to put it. No, I wouldn't expect you to understand where I got it from, because you seem to think that you've raised me and treated me just like the others. I'm an adult now, but I don't feel like one. I may be the youngest out of your three, but it doesn't give you the right to treat me as an afterthought, or react to anything I say with disdain or amusement. I am educated. I have common sense. I'm not stupid. I can learn. I have opinions too. Just because I'm the youngest, it doesn't mean they don't matter.
Things need to change.
- Me.
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